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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

121 Questions

Why is the Muslim world not providing assistance to their fellow Palestinians who are being subject to genocide in the Gaza war?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Real Muslims are responsible by their religious obligation and human commitment to support every oppressed. Those who don't support the oppressed are not fulfilling their religious duty and human responsibility.

wassalam.
Are Muslims allowed to marry the people of the book (Ahlul Kitab)?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

There are difference of opinion among our esteemed jurists, so this is something you will need to specifically find out what the fatwa is of your Marja' Taqleed.

I would add that for us Muslims, compatibility is extremely important, not just in life ambitions, or personal preferences or feelings, but in lifestyle and ideology. For example, if you are a Muslim, you would like to have an Islamic environment in your household, and create a spiritual atmosphere, with correct divine direction, under Allah ta'ala. If  you are a follower of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.), you want your family members, and your children to live and breath the Imams as, and follow their lifestyle and represent them. 

This can only happen if there is synchronisation in belief and ideology as well.

With prayers for your sucess. 
Are there any references indicating the number of Muslims who participated in Hajj in the year 60 Hijri, when Hussain ibn Ali (as) converted Hajj into Umrah?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We don't have in our available books any numbers of Hajj participants in those days but it is clear that numbers were in thousands or tens of thousands.

Wassalam.
Why do Shia Muslims pray on a Turbah specifically from Imam Hussain (as)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

1. It is obligatory to perform our Prayer as the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) performed Prayer as he has ordered every Muslim (Perform Prayers as you saw me performing Prayers) (.صَلّوا كما رآيتموني أُصَلّي ).

2. The Prophet (SAWA) never performed a Prayer but by putting his forehead on the earth or something from earth except textile or edible and said جُعِلَت ليَ الأرضُ مسجدا وطَهوراً  (Earth was ordained for me a place of prostration and purification (Tayammum).

3. Prostration on carpet is a Bid’ah which never done by the Prophet nor Ahlul Bayt or any pious companion of the Prophet. Leading Sunni Shaikh said that prostrating on carpet (Sajjada ) is a Bid’ah.

4. We don’t prostrate putting our forehead but only on the earth or anything from earth except textile and edible. That is because we obey and follow the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA). This obligatory to keep our Prayer valid by following the order of the Prophet (SAWA).

5. We can put our forehead on any pure clay, though the clay of Karbala has been praised in many authentic Hadeeths being a sacred place, that is why use it as place for prostration as a recommended act.

‘Wassalam.